Have you volunteered overseas, taught English inJapan or had any other cool and interesting experience?

The very first Alternatives4graduates writer’s competition will take place between the 9th of February and 9th of March. We are looking for creative writers to give detailed accounts of their travel experiences.

What is alternatives4graduates all about?

Having spent a number of years travelling I found that there are many great adventures out there that people just don’t know about. I met many people who had some really cool experiences like working on a fishing boat in Alaska, teaching English in South Korea or trekking across Northern Spain. I thought it would be great to have these experiences in one place where people who are looking for an adventure could access them and learn all about the opportunities available to them.

What is the prize?

Be mentored by prize winning writer Mark Hayes. The writer of Randumb and the blog www.trickaduu.com has agreed to mentor the winner of this competition. He will take them under his wing and offer feedback and guidance to help you became a top published author just like him! He will be available by email and skype and will help you achieve you writing goals.

How the voting works?

Each article submitted will be published live on alternatives4graduates.com. Readers will decide who is the winner by using the use the “vote up” or “vote down” button at the bottom of the article to let us know whether they liked the article or not. The leader board will let you know where your article is ranked.

How to enter?

You can enter by logging into alternatives4graduates.com using your facebook login. This can be done by clicking on the “connect with Facebook” button(please note we do not access your facebook information using this method).  Or else by emailing your article to admin@alternatives4graduates.com .

Guidelines for articles are as follows

• Article must be over 450 words in length.
• Remember to keep your reader in mind, think back to before you went on your adventure and tell them what you would have like to have known.
• Article should give information about the following
• How you got there
• How you found the job
• Links to relevant sites
• Article must be original, copied articles will be automatically deleted and we will be checking!
• That’s all really, just tell it how it is!!!